Example sentences of "was expect [to-vb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the average funeral the pall-bearer was expected to perform his duties en route as well as within the church ; whereas at the funerals of the great , the pall-bearers were only called into service once the coffin was at the church and ready to proceed up the nave . |
| 2 | But whoever it was that made that claim obviously did not have a school day on which he was expected to use MY brain to do one of Mr Kent 's maths tests ! |
| 3 | An Essex girl was expected to call her foster-mother 's mother ‘ granny ’ , and to shop for her . |
| 4 | The IMF was expected to signal its support for Tanzania 's economic reforms by approving an enhanced structural adjustment facility early in 1991 . |
| 5 | Oklahoma congressman Dave McCurdy , who was expected to declare his candidacy in the near future , shared much of Clinton 's policy orientation , while also giving greater emphasis to the need for strong defence . |
| 6 | As it happened , I had that same morning been giving thought to the dilemma of whether or not I was expected to reciprocate my employer 's bantering , and had been seriously worried at how he might be viewing my repeated failure to respond to such openings . |
| 7 | But then father did n't do that because he was staying at home and he was expected to do his harvest on the farm so his money was five shillings . |
| 8 | And now she was expected to entertain his lady-friends until such time as he chose to remember they were there ! |
| 9 | The committee was expected to submit its report to an extraordinary summit of Warsaw Pact leaders scheduled for November 1990 . |
| 10 | Even on Sundays she was expected to spend her day scrubbing , cleaning , cooking and tidying , once the family had attended Mass . |
| 11 | He was expected to defend his people and to keep the peace , and yet also to provide his warrior barons with suitable exercise . |
| 12 | He was expected to present his recommendations to the Security Council onAug. 7 . |
| 13 | As an Irish lesbian , I was expected to denounce my Irishness in favour of acceptability as a token English dyke . |
| 14 | And so the streetwise Mr Adams , this time , was expected to keep his seat . |
| 15 | In other words , the party in power was expected to reward its supporters with paid government positions , many of which were relatively undemanding . |
| 16 | A warning was issued by the National Rivers Authority in Shrewsbury that the swollen River Severn was expected to burst its banks overnight for the second time in a week . |
| 17 | LIAM BOTHAM , 16-years-old son of former England all-rounder Ian , was expected to make his debut for Leyland at Bootle this afternoon . |
| 18 | Coetsee was expected to resume his duties after he had recuperated . |
| 19 | A second biological weapons inspection team , which arrived on Sept. 20 , was expected to complete its mission in early October . |
| 20 | He was expecting to take his evening meal with five or six others in one corner of a dining-room designed to seat a hundred but , in fact , all the tables were occupied by delegates to some conference and he was asked to share with two of them . |
| 21 | Pooley was expecting to find his quarry in deep slumber . |